Result of increasing Soil Salinity

Soil Salinity

As a result the growth of freshwater loving species would be severely affected. Eventually the species offering dense canopy cover would be replaced by non-wood shrubs and bushes, while the overall forest productivity would decline significantly. The degradation of forest quality might cause gradual depletion of rich diversity of the forest flora and fauna of the Sundarbans ecosystem (Shamsuddoha et al. 2007). It is widely believed that if proper measures, such as restoration, regeneration and safeguarding of species and their ecosystem could be adopted for sustainable use, then the Sundarbans mangroves forests alone would become a potential natural resource for Bangladesh. Such a disturbed but economically and environmentally important forest ecosystems demands, a comprehensive ecological investigation both for National and international interests. Owing to the present state of degrading forest resource of Bangladesh, a general consensus has developed that unless some potential measures are adopted quickly. The rest of the forest will disappear soon creating ecological consequences and other natural catastrophe. Various types of research held in different sector of the study area. But no such data are available on the impact of environmental hazards on the diversity of plants. So, the Sundarbans received little attention with respect to the assessment of environmental hazards and their impacts on the floral diversity. Under the circumstances, it has become imperative to institute an investigation on the estimation of environmental hazards and their impacts on the floral communities of the Sundarbans. The present study deals on the impact of environmental hazards on the plant diversity of the Sudarbans-Satkhira range.